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My XE wagon project, has an 80's Nissan branded turbo, on an AIT exhaust manifold, if that's helpful?

awesome.....got one of E-bay for 50 bucks , Might look at getting a brass one later on down the track . Thank's Gent's

Kilkenny Castings, make brass versions I believe?

I bit the bullet, ordered a PULSAR Next GEN PSR3582 XR6 turbo with the wastegate set to 11 PSI, under a grand with shipping, will need to adapt a manifold as it a T3 turbo but should be easy enough to do. Now to collect the rest of the bits I need. Hopefully it'll all hold together to make 350ish HP without killing the T5

So I spoke with Mike Vine turbos today, a very interesting conversation, seems they still have a few parts left over including a few exhaust manifolds, mainly to suit the iron head crossflow but they believe they have a few AIT manifolds in storage to suit the later Alloy head engines. Not sure if I'd want to go the iron head route...they are so damn heavy compared to the alloy head and even the old log head. Up side of going with an iron head, I can get the Manifold for a T4 turbo for around $350, I can get access to a rebuilt iron head with big valves for less than a grand, and lastly I still have 2 and 4 barrel cain manifolds left over from my old cortina project, along with a lot of other bits to suit... Shame the head is so damn heavy....

Pulsar have a bit of following and seem to be developing forward. Luke @ Motorfab using hem on his Torana. Luke @ sema @ 6 minute mark on the pulsr Stand

I was thinking of a toned down version of this. The Pulsar G42-1200 seems to be extreme overkill in my case...I dunno if the 750 quickfuel would be necassary either as I'm chasing roughly half the power, but I love the idea of this car.

an exa turbo on a 1.8litre revving to say 6000rpm ish probably at 7psi is probably comparable to a crossflow on 4psi revving to 4000 ish .. is probably how they came to do those types of kits, they'd been a big low/mid range boost and not be too taxing on the stock drivetrain or require brake upgrades most likely. if they wanted to make power, they'd have needed different everything

the GEMINI owners have used the falcon 34ADM for 20+ years, the Carby hat blow through set up is on ebay. LINK HERE if you find the same one on turbogemini .com, i've heard they aren't good at replying to emails or maybe not at all. so i'd choose the ebay option if needed for buyer protection. I don't recall a blow through falcon any time in the last 10yrs or so, but there's people doing gemini turbo with the falcon carby still and the also the cortina carby which is different but similar bolt pattern on the top of the carby. if you want to do it on the cheap and have fabricator skills, the LPG to Impco 300A adaptor has been cut off and 3" alloy tube welded to it, making a similar carby base to center bolt as below

I was thinking of the reliable ones in the Ford Traders.

at least it's not the AU one that's made of the crappiest plastic it crumbles as soon as you look at it (when it's this old) that said, they can still be cracked on XF, probably Qld climate would be more of an issue. XD and XE had rubber hoses that fell apart instead, so not sure what i'd prefer of the x series type.

Those stupid vacuum lines running inside the dash, think I may have a leak under there somewhere. . Something to investigate when I get back home. Give me the good old fashion wire control cables anytime.

@Mick.G here's a link to autobarn for the expensive one at autobarn.. (call them to be sure they have it before going down there i'd say) https://autobarn.com.au/ab/Autobarn-Category/Shop-our-Full-Range-by-Brand-at-Autobarn/Kilkenny/Kilkenny-Castings-To-Suit-Ford-Adaptor-[TBi]-Vacuum-Tree---KC137/p/SP66052?srsltid=AfmBOopr1HxNKshSCbhONTv6N4p97u12iidt1foW-AjsPSac5-3jXS5C I'm fairly sure there's cheaper versions with just the brake booster outlet, and one other vacuum outlet for heater etc, you could then T piece that into 2 spots if needed.

this one is sold, but @SPArKy_Dave may know if anyone stocks them anymore. https://www.justparts.com.au/parts-for-sale/ford-falcon-xe-4-1l-manifold-vacuum-outlet-2-port/JPW3972384

I wonder if the little turbos were intended for the AIT twin turbo kits as that would make sense as two of those would blow enough air to feed a 4.1. I remember seeing lots of articles back in 80's of the twin turbo XF's and the AWD monster that got trashed in the UK. I'd imagine those kits being very collectable nowadays.

Maybe, the AIT kits did, I would of thought the Exa would of had a tiny turbo from factory, but who knows, dont know m7ch about those cars. TO4 seemed to be the go to turbo during the 80's for turbo crossflow setups. It would be interesting to see the improvement that the old Mike Vine and AIT kits would have with a modern turbo like GT3576R, I'd imagine turbo response and spooling would be massively improved.

The car's in pieces at the moment, but I can dig out the turbo, for a close look I read once, the kits used Nissan Exa turbo's or similar?

That's cool always like the AIT kits for the XE XF falcons. Do you know what size turbo you have? Normal the kit would of had some form of TO4 attached. I was thinking of seeing if Mike Vine turbo's still had t4 flanged manifold availible as they were well built and compact. The other option is a 6boost manifold, a bit pricey but very nice.

I remember seeing in Street Machine a few years back a red XF that had a blow thru setup on the crossflow with a monster sized Pulsar turbo that made over 400rwkw's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAmnSIA9ZSE The Pulsars seem to be almost identical to a Garrett turbo according to this video.